Battle For Brick City - Newark

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Battles are being fought everyday in the streets of our cities. It's a fight between the criminals trying to gain control of our neighborhoods, and the law enforcement officers doing everything they can to maintain peace in our cities. We ride along with the men and women who brave the dangers of the metropolitan slums as they take down some of the area's toughest delinquents while bringing peace and justice to the city's they protect.

Episode Seven: Battle For Brick City
Newark

A battle is being waged in Newark between the criminals who have made it one of the most violent cities in the country, and the Newark police who call 'Brick City' their home. Different police units work together to reclaim their city block by block. Officers Philip Turzani and Robert Candelaria from the Street Crimes Narcotics Unit are partners fighting to rid the city of drugs. It is a dangerous task and they work closely together to make sure they go home safely everyday. Detective Tina Bailey is the only woman in an elite unit of 25 detectives who form the Robbery Homicide Unit. Newark has one of the highest auto theft rates in the country, and to combat this Lt James O'Connor runs the Auto Theft Task Force.

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Category:

• Reality & Game Shows
• Documentary

Directed by:

• Glenda Hersh
• Michael Kovnat
• Steven Weinstock
• Alan Tomlinson
• Matt Gould

Produced by:

• New York Times Television

Tags:

• police
• investigation
• video
• homicide
• crime
• DVD
• crime-fighting
• rookie
• detective
• detectives
• drug
• crimes
• narcotics
• team
• burglary
• beat
• department
• interrogations
• patrol
• officers
• criminals
• murder
• investigations
• fatal
• shootings
• tough guys